US Plant Patent PP5212
Monruce
Raphiolepis indica cv. Monruce
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 26, 2002. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5212
- Filed
- August 26, 1982
- Granted
- March 27, 1984
- Expires
- August 26, 2002
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- USREY WILLIAM B
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Raphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. shrub (known popularly as Indian Hawthorn) which shall be referred to hereinafter as Raphiolepis indica cultivar Monruce. Raphiolepis indica cultivar Monruce differs distinctively from its parent, Raphiolepis indica cultivar Enchantress by my new selection having a more dense growth habit, a compact inflorescence, and double flowers with large spreading light pink petals.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct selection of Raphiolepis as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized by a dense growth habit; a compact inflorescence; flowers double and with large spreading light pink petals.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5212 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.